HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Havoc scored with 18 seconds left in regulation and added an empty netter to take the 4-2 win against the Columbus Cottonmouths.
The Cottonmouths kicked off the scoring in the first, but the Havoc would come back. While killing off a power play, Ryan Wilkinson was fed a pass by Michael Piluso to pick up his first goal of the year. The shorthanded goal is the team’s second of the year.
With the Havoc seeing a tie game after one period for the fourth time this year, the Cottonmouths regrouped and regained the one-goal lead in the second.
Later in the middle frame. Dylan Nowakowski circled around the offensive zone after receiving a pass from Sy Nutkevitch and newcomer John Clewlow and roofed it from the high slot for his sixth goal of the year to tie the game at two.
In the third, both teams traded opportunities and creating chances but the Havoc held the better end of the night. In the final minute of regulation, Michael Piluso cycled the puck to the far side where Scott Fellnermayr threw up one to the point. The outstretched reach of Justin Tateson kept the puck in and a hard shot by the Alberta native gave the Havoc a 3-2 lead with 18 seconds left.
“It was late in the game and I was expecting the puck to go up the middle and it surprised me that it came out so quick,” said Tateson. “It’s a big win for us with a long stretch of games in next ten days and it was nice to get a win in a really important game.”
Nutkevitch added an empty netter for with two seconds left in the game to walk out of Columbus with the 4-2 win.
Notable Mentions
With a goal and an assist in tonight’s game, Sy Nutkevitch now has four multi-point games and extended his point streak to eight. The Montreal, Quebec native now has points in nine of the first ten games on the year.
Dylan Nowakowski has goals in three of his last five games and seven of his first ten of the year. The Calgary, Alta. native has four of his five goals in the middle frame and the team is 4-1 when Nowakowski scores a goal.
Huntsville has come back to win the following game after a loss twice this season and enters Thursday’s action registering an average of four goals a game.
The Havoc have goals in nine of the ten second and third periods on the year and have multiple goals in the final frame of regulation in two straight. The team has scored two goals with less than three minutes left in the third in each of the last two games.
Huntsville has wins in five of its last six games against the Cottonmouths.
Game recap courtest of official SPHL media release
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